Commercial upholstery is a volume problem rather than a difficulty problem. Forty identical task chairs, a restaurant's banquette seating, or a hotel lounge full of tub chairs are each straightforward individually — the challenge is doing them consistently, quickly, and at a time that does not stop the business trading.
That normally means out of hours. We work evenings, early mornings and Sundays for commercial customers, and we plan around drying so a space is usable when it reopens rather than damp at nine o'clock on a Monday.
We work for offices, bars and restaurants, salons and barbers, care homes, gyms, serviced apartments and letting agents across London. Repeat and scheduled work is priced lower than one-off visits because it is easier for us to plan.
What a commercial & offices visit includes
- Out-of-hours, weekend and early-morning scheduling as standard
- Per-chair and per-square-metre rates for accurate budgeting
- Consistent method across a large number of identical items
- Rapid-dry setup so the space is usable at opening
- Method statement and risk assessment on request
- Scheduled quarterly or six-monthly contracts at a reduced rate
Where commercial soiling actually comes from
Office chairs fail at the front edge of the seat and the arm tops, from a single person's daily use, and fabric task chairs also collect a surprising amount of hand cream, hair product and lunch. A quarterly clean on a fifty-chair floor is far cheaper than replacing chairs early, and it is visible to staff in a way most facilities spending is not.
Hospitality is different. Banquette seating takes food, drink and a great deal of body contact in one narrow band, and the soil is largely oily, which means dwell time matters more than water. Bar stools and dining chairs in a busy London restaurant will need more frequent attention than anything in an office.
Care homes and salons have their own patterns — protein spills and incontinence in the first, colour and product transfer in the second — and both benefit from a regular schedule rather than reactive deep cleans, because the damage in both cases is cumulative.
Commercial & offices: before and after
Real customer jobs. Drag the handle to compare.
Working around a trading business
We plan commercial jobs in zones so no area is out of use for long. In an office that usually means a floor or a wing at a time; in a restaurant, a section of the dining room; in a care home, communal areas first and rooms by arrangement with staff.
Air movers are standard on commercial work rather than optional, because the constraint is almost never the cleaning and almost always the drying. A banquette cleaned at eleven at night with air movers running is dry for a lunchtime service; the same banquette cleaned without them is not.
For larger sites we will walk the space first and give you a written scope and a firm price rather than an hourly estimate, so it can go through a facilities budget cleanly. Method statements and risk assessments are available on request.
Commercial & offices prices
Typical ranges for this service. Where your job sits depends on size, fabric and condition — send a photo on WhatsApp or call and we will agree your exact price before you book.
| Item | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Office task chairRate from 10 chairs | £8–£14 |
| Restaurant or bar chairRate from 10 chairs | £10–£16 |
| Banquette seatingPer linear metre | £25–£45 |
| Commercial carpetPer m², from 50m² | £2.50–£4.50 |
Volume rates apply from ten items and scheduled contracts are priced lower than one-off visits. Larger sites get a written scope and price after a walk-round.
Estimates, not final quotes. These are guide ranges based on typical London rates. A smaller or lightly soiled job can come in under the range, and a big or badly soiled one can sit above it. We agree your actual price with you on the phone or on WhatsApp before anything is booked.
See the full price list for every service.
Where we do most of this work
Commercial & offices is one of the most requested services in these boroughs. Each page covers local access, parking and housing stock.